I'm not interested in celebrity.
Bill CunninghamRead
The main thing I love about street photography is that you find the answers you don't see at the fashion shows. You find information for readers so they can visualize themselves.
Interpretation
Street photography reveals truths about everyday life that fashion shows often miss, allowing viewers to see themselves in the imagery.
In this quote, Bill Cunningham emphasizes the unique value of street photography as an art form that captures authentic moments and expressions of humanity. Unlike the controlled environments of fashion shows, street photography offers candid insights into real life, enabling viewers to connect with images on a personal level and visualize themselves in those realities.
In practice
In a discussion about photography techniques at a workshop.
I'm not interested in celebrity.
Most of my pictures are never published. I just document things I think are important. For instance, I've documented the gay pride parade from its first days.
The problem is I'm not a good photographer. To be perfectly honest, I'm too shy. Not aggressive enough. Well, I'm not aggressive at all. I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it.
I don't pay attention to celebrities. I don't photograph them. They don't dress so... interestingly. They have stylists. I prefer real women who have their own taste.
The technique of 35mm photography appears simple. One is beguiled by the quick viewing and operation, and by the very questionable inclination to make many pictures with the hope that some will be good.
My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets.
Writing songs used to be my hobby; it used to be my getaway.
I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.
Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form.
Football is the ballet of the masses.
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